Search and visit other libraries
How to search for things in other libraries and visit them.
Library hub discover
Search the contents of over 140 UK and Irish academic, national, and specialist libraries.
British National Bibliography
Search all book and journal titles published or distributed in the UK and Ireland since 1950 and received by the Legal Deposit office of the British Library.
Visit other libraries
You may be able to visit - and possibly borrow books - at other UK and Irish university libraries through the SCONUL access scheme. You could also apply for access to the British Library reading rooms in London or Boston Spa.